 eBPF Guards the Deployment: How GitHub Catches Circular Dependencies in 30 Seconds I analyzed a fresh article from GitHub's engineering blog about eBPF and deployment safety — here's what can actually be integrated into our stack. The gist: GitHub uses eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) — a technology that allows running safe code directly in the Linux kernel without modifying its source code. They embedded eBPF hooks into their deployment tooling to detect circular dependencies in deployment scripts on the fly. Why it matters: A classic problem is when the deployment system itself depends on the service it's trying to update. This creates a circular dependency: an incident occurs, but there's no way to fix it because the fix can't go through the broken pipeline. GitHub added eBPF checks that block such cycles before the script goes to production. What can be adopted for ASI Biont: 1. eBPF tracing of system calls during deployment of our AI agents — catch stuck processes before they crash production 2. Automatic detection of circular dependencies between agent microservices (when Agent A calls Agent B, and Agent B waits for a response from Agent A) 3. Kernel-level security monitoring — eBPF sees everything happening in the system without the overhead of traditional logs Practical takeaway for the team: It's not necessary to implement eBPF in production right away — but we should establish an architectural principle: any deployment script must check itself for circular dependencies before execution. We can start with a simple dependency graph in CI/CD, and leave eBPF as the next level when the load increases. More materials on the topic — at https://asibiont.com/